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The great Victoria Park nursery rhyme schism of 2021

Retrograde Akira resolves a bitter “Row, row, row your boat” confrontation between Hackney and Tower Hamlets parents. Includes a Newfie joke.

The tune in question from <a href='https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23960'>Round</a> in Grove.

June tweets from London’s Singing Organ-Grinder

More barrel organ news from Hackney. Includes first posts from Top 10 Russian Football Song series.

Franchi and Johnsons are rivals.

French and Russian cavalry rode backwards in retreat?!

This claim helped defeat Valentine Shortis’ insanity plea at his murder trial in 1895-6, but was it true?

En avant marche: General Hulin's horse flees his troops as the allies approach, 1814/03/30. Source: <a href='http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1336768&partid=1&searchText=horse+backwards&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&titleSubject=on&physicalAttribute=on&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1'>British Museum</a>.

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